Time and wage indicator



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J. T. RICE.

TIME AND WAGE INDICATOR. No. 409,503. Patented Aug. 20, 1889..

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J. T'. RICE. TIME AND WAGE INDICATOR. No. 409,503. Patented Aug. 20, 1889.

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JESSE T. RICE, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

TIME AND WAGE INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,503, dated August 20, 1889.

Application filed January 21, 1889. Serial No. 297,028. (No model.)

To all 1071/0112 it may concern:

Be it known that I, J T. RICE, a citizen of the United, States, residing at the city of Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Time and age Indicator, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combined time and wage indicator designed for use in factories having a considerable number of employs; and the invention consists in the use of dials, indicators, and cylinder or cylinders, hereinafter fully described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to register the number of days and hours each employ works for a given ti1ne-such as a week or month-aud at the same time to indicate in dollars or dollars and cents the amount earned within such time. These objects I accomplish by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention, showing the front stationary dial. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same, showing a stationary dial containing figures representin g dollars and cents, and a movable dial containing ten characters of Arabic notation arranged as shown. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same, with portions of the case cut away in order to show the arrangement of the figures on the inner cylinder, and Fig. i is a sectional view on the line 4: a of Fig.

Similar letters refer to similar parts th ro u ghout the several views.

I design to have as many machines in each factory as there are employs, and number each machine to correspond with the number of an cmploy. The number of the machine may be placed in one or more places on the machine, for convenience of reference. I have shown the 11UmbG1l2 on the outer end of the front and rear knob.

A represents the outer cylindrical case, which I prefer to construct of metal, but which may be of any suitable material.

B B is the front dial, having radial marks indicatint, the working days of the week and t d uI DM UH \V' n TIL, r, (S-77 The dial is also divided into six parts by means of longer radial lines R R, (be. The points of the circle R, where the radial lines R R, &c., cross, are indicated by the figures 5,10, 15, 20,25,130, 35,5L0, 45, 50, 55, 60. The are of circle R between every two sets of figures is divided into five spaces, each space representing one hour, and these hour-spaces are again subdivided, each of these smaller spaces representing one-half an hour. A vacant space D is left, and when'the hand or pointer 0 points to this space it indicates that the employ is not at work. This part of myinvention is used as follows: W hen the employ comes to the factory in the morning to begin work, the pointer C is moved to the point l0the numberof hours in an ordinary dayss work. If he continues to work all day, the pointer is kept at 10 until the next morning, when it is advanced ten of the lower spaces, or to 20, and so on through the week. It the employe does not work the entire day, the pointer is moved back at night, or upon a cessation of work for the day, a sufficient distance to indicate in hours or half-hours the lost time.

\Vithin the case A, I place a cylinder P, and in some cases another cylinder P, as shown in Fig. 3. The cylinder P is provided with figures representing dollars-from one dollar up to what would represent a weeks work, as from a .20 to $12. This cylinder P is attached to a shaft II, which shaft is attached to the knob K, and the knob K, the shaft II, the pointer C, and the cylinder 1 all rotate together, so that while the pointer 0 indicates the numberof hours or days of work the figure or figures on eylinderP are brought opposite the opening S in the case A, indicating the amount in dollars or dollars and cents earned.

The cylinder P is provided with figures indicating the fractions of an hour, with figures representing in cents the wages earned for any fraction, so that when any numbersuch as 15is brought to the slot C, the

indicates three-quarters of an hour and the 15 represents fifteen cents, the amount earned for the three-quarters of an hour. The cylinder P may be turned by a knob IV, the shank of which extends through a slot \V, such slot being of a length suflicient to permit the knob to move and turn the cylinder 1 so as to expose through the slot S" the fractional numbers of an hour on such cylinder. The slot W is provided at any appro- IOO priate part of the case A relative to the front end which carries the dial B.

The rear of the machine is provided with a stationary dial B which is divided into two unequal parts, the larger part containing figures representing dollars, from one dollar up to any required number of dollars. In the drawings I have shownthe number of dollars from one dollar to thirty-six dollars. The smaller subdivision I call a fractional register, and is denoted by U, and contains all theArabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0.

Upon the face of the stationary dial I3 I place the rotating dial B, which is connected to the knob K, but is revolved independently of such knob by means of the pin or stud L. The dial B is provided with the Arabic numerals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0, arranged as shown in Fig. 2. Attached to the knob K is the pointer O, which may be adapted to move either-with or without the knob.

The object of the dial is merely to indicate the total amount of earnings at any given time. It is operated as follows: If any employ has earned $35.67 during the month, the pointer C is turned until it points to 35, and the dial B is turned until the figure 6 of the dial registers with the figure 7 of the fractional register U.

The figures in cylinder P and P may be attached to the outer surface of the cylinders; but I prefer to print or stamp such figures upon paper or other suitable material which surrounds the cylinder, for by so doing the figures may be readily changed or altered without in any way altering the construction or operation of the machine.

In Fig. 4, II represents the center shaft attached to the knob K; V V, &c., the arms or spokes connecting the shaft to the cylinder P,

and P the paper coverings containing the 1. A time and wage indicator comprising a slotted casing having on its front a stationary dial, a rotating shaft extending through the casing and having a knob or handle for turning it at will, a pointer'rigidly attached to the shaft and moving therewith in front of the stationary dial, and an internal cylinder rigidly attached to the shaft and rotating in unison with the shaft, the pointer and the knob or handle, said stationary dial divided into parts having characters to indicate the days of the week, and provided with a circle subdivided to indicate hours, and the cylinder having figures showing the amount earned for the time indicated by the pointer on the stationary dial, substantially as described. 1

2. A time and wage indicator comprising a slotted casing having on its front a stationary dial divided into spaces having characters to indicate days and hours, a rotating shaft extending through the casing and dial, and having a knob or handle for turning it at will, a pointer rigidly attached to and turning with the shaft in front of the dial, and an internal cylinder rigidly attached to the shaft and turning in unison with the shaft, the knob, and the pointer, said cylinder having two sets of figures to indicate, respectively, through the slotted casing the time of the workman and the amount earned for the time indicated by the pointer on the stationary dial, substantially as described.

3. A time and wage indicator comprising a slotted casing having on its front a stationary dial divided into spaces having characters to indicate the days and hours, a rotating shaft extending through the casing and dial, and having a knob or handle for turning said shaft at will, a pointer rigidly attached to the shaft and turning therewith in front of the stationary dial, an internal cylinder rigidly attached to the shaft and turning in unison therewith and with the pointer, and having two sets of characters to indicate, respectively, through the slotted casing the full hours and the amount earned, an internal secondary cylinder rotating independent of the shaft, and having two sets of characters to indicate through the slotted casing the fractions of the hours and the amount earned for such fractions,-and a knob or handle for independently rotating the secondary cylinder at will, substantially as described.

4. In a combined time and wage indicator, the combination of the cylindrical case provided with a slot, an. inner cylinder provided with two series of figures-one series indicating time and the other wages-a front dial divided to indicate the six working days of the week and again subdivided to'indicate hours, a pointer adapted to be moved to any required position, a stationary rear dial subdivided into two unequal portions, the larger JESSE T. RICE. [L. S.]

VVit-nesses:

HUGH E. WILsoN, HARRY P. VAN WAGNER. 

